he will ; or, Seing God will be with me, &c. for the Hebrew im doth not always imply a doubt, but rather a ſuppoſition, and 1s oft ren.ered ſeing that, as Exod: 20: 25: Numb: 36: 4: 1 Sam: 15: 17: 4mos 7: 2. And fo the Greek Particle anſwering to the He- brew im is uſed Matth: 6: 22: Luke 11: 34. #u Food convenient, as it is called, Prov: 3o: 8: which is oft ſignified by the name of Bread.
' See Gen: 3: 19.
21 So that I come again to my fathers houſe in peace:
then ſhall the LORD be my God «.
x I willpublickly own him for my God and the Saviour of Men, and will eſtabliſh his ſolemn Worſhip, as it follows.
22 And this ſtone, which i have ſet for a pillar,ſhall
be Gods houſe y: and of all that thou ſhalt give me, I
will ſurely give the tenth unto thee z.
7 ( 5.e. ) Aplace where I will offer Prayers and Sacrifices to God: Such places being commonly called God's Houſes, and God is oft ſaid to dwell in them, in regard of his ſpecial Preſence there. See Exod. 20..24. Compare verſe 17: of this chapter and Gen: 35: 1, 3, 7. z To be laid out in thy Service, and for Sacrifices, and for the uſe and benefit of thoſe who ſhall attend upon ſacred Things; as alſo for the relief of the Poor and Needy, whom God hath ſubſtituted in his room, and to whom part of the Tithes were to be given by a following Law, Deus: 14: 28, 29. |
CH A P. XXIX.
Tacob comes to the well of Haran, 1--3. Enquires of the ſhepherds concern- ing Laban, 4--8. They ſhow him Rachel Laban's daughter coming with the ſheep, 9. Jacob goeth near to her ; waters the flock, to. Tells her who he was, 11. Shetells it her father, who brings him to his houſe, h:ars what had hapned to him, 12--=14. They bargain that Jacob ſhould ſerve ſeven years for Rachel, 15--19. He performs his ſervice, and deſires her to be given him, 21. Laban makes a feaſt, and invites all the men of the place, 22. And puts Leah, his eldeſt daughter, in the room of Rachel, 23--26. Jacob obtains Rachel, promiſing other ſeven years ſer- wice, 27--30. Rachel is beloved and barren; Leah hated and bears Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, 32--35.\
; l * Hen Jacob} went @ on mms journey, and came in-
to the land of the + people of the eaſt 5.
a Heb. Lift up his Feet ; which may note either the geſtare of his Body, that he went on foor ; or the temper of his Mind, that he went not ſadly and unwillingly, drawing his Legs after him, as weuſe to ſay, bur readily and chearfully, being encouraged by
God's Word, h Which lay eaſtward from Canasr, as Meſoporamis
did, £:
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CHNESIS Chap, XXIX,
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2 Andhe looked, and behold a well in the field, and lo there ere three flocks of ſheep lying by it ; for out of that well they watered c the flocks: and a great fione was upon the wells mouth #4.
c The People belonging to that place watered ; or, the flocks were watered : It is an imperſonal Speech. d To preſerve the Water which was ſcarce in thoſe parts, and to keep it pure. ;
3 Andthither were all the flocks gathered : and they rolled the ftone from the wells mouth, and watered the ſheep, and pur the ſtone again upon the wells mouth in his place.
4 And Jacob ſaid unto them,My brethren e, whence beye? And they ſaid, Of Haran are we.
e So he calls, them partly in token of reſpe& and affef&tion; and partly becauſe they were of the ſame nature and employment with himſelf.
5 And he ſaid unto them, Know ye Laban the ſon of Nahor ? And they ſaid, We know him.
'6 Andhe ſaid unto them, Is he well ? And they ? Heb. » ſaid, He is well: and behold, Rachel his daughter co- qe + meth with the ſheep f. iy R f peting wm (oens.o of _ times, Exod:-2: 16: Cant: 1:
, 8. when Humility, Innocency, Simplici in faſhion, both ——_ Men —_ 1 wg. Fenn Cy There are ſome that quarrel with the Scripture, and queſtion the truth of __ wr qa a. any "5s pon of ancient Times
INgs, the preſent age, where 7
and deep RN mgs o the fre of raves; Rong pred center
7 4nd he laid, Lo, | It zs yet high day, neither is it f Heb. 34 time that the cattle ſhould be gathered together g: wa-' eb terye ths ſheep, and go and feed ther. dh
*: coor ſhould be taken from their paſture, and brought to
8s And they ſaid, We cannot 5, until all the flocks be gathered together, and zl/ they roll the fone from =o _— _—_—_ _ we water the ſheep.
ither becauſe of rhe greatneſs of the Stc not remove till more hel rome * = ey wor vg : $a Order and Agreement made amongſt themſelves about it. We can. 20t, to wit, rightly ; or we may not, as that word is uſed, Gen.34. 14. and 43. 32. and 44. 26. _
9 4 And while he yetfpake with them, Rachel came wh her mo ſheep : for ſhe kepr them 5.
# Having probably o er Offices® Zia be ——— ner Sywhe didthe mean=
Io Anditcame to paſs, when Jacob ſaw Rachel the : daughter of Laban his mothers brother, and the ſheep of Laban his mothers brother ; that Jacob went near and * rolledthe ſtone from the weljs mouth &, and wa. Exod. : tered the flock of Laban his mothers brother. "7 _ & Either with the afliſtance of others; or, by himſelf, he be. +. —"__ ſtrong, and luſty, and purting forth all his might before
ee,
11 And Jacob killed Rachel Z, and lifted up his voice, and wept m.
I As the cuſtom of Friends then ; : as verſe 13:and Gen: 33: 4: Exod: 4: A have © Parture, as Ruth 1: 14; 1 Sam: 20: 41: 1 Kings 19: 20, m Tears of Joy ; like thoſe Gen. 33. 4. at the gracious Providence of God to 27g Spy an ares. Fay _— to _ deſired place, and ſo hap ok ſo defitcetle rnd Gear > him, Ry
12 And Jacob told Rachel that he was her fa brother *; and that he was Rebekahs ſon ; and "arp and told her father, | * Hisnear Kinſman ; as that word is frequently uſed, as Gen. 12: 8. and r# rf af h : "Ip 13 And it catne to paſs, when Laban heard the + Tt Heb. tidings of Jacob » his ſiſters ſon, that he ran to —_ nas him, and embraced him, and kiſſed him, and brought him to his houſe. And he told Laban all theſe things n. The report of his Father's Family, of the cauſe of his coming
in ſo mean circumſtances, of the occurrences in his journey, and of his providential meeting with Rachel at the well. :
14 And Laban faid to him, Surely thou ar: my bone and my fleſh 0; and heabode with him the + ſpace + Heb # of a month. Fs month of
o Ofthe ſame bone and fleſh with my ſe anys. father Terah, and therefore art juſtly = ney wich _— : ſhalt be in ſafety. Sce the ſame, or like expreſſion, Gen. 2. 23. Jud FE et Lobo ian oe Snob